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- Title
Three‐dimensional nanocomposite scaffolds with ordered cylindrical orthogonal pores.
- Authors
Rodríguez Hernández, José Carlos; Serrano Aroca, Ángel; Gómez Ribelles, José Luis; Pradas, Manuel Monleón
- Abstract
A silica reinforcement can improve the mechanical properties of hydrogels in the rubbery state. A method to prepare a scaffold with a well‐ordered array of cylindrical pores is presented in this work, which yields a scaffold with a biphasic matrix of a hybrid nanocomposite: the hydrogel poly(2‐hydroxyethyl acrylate) (PHEA) and a silica network obtained by an acid catalyzed sol–gel process of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). As porogenic template of the scaffold stacked layers of commercial polyamide 6 fabrics were used, which were compressed and sintered. Porosity and dynamic mechanical response of the resulting scaffolds were measured and compared with the bulk properties. Removal of the organic polymer phase of the scaffold by pyrolysis revealed the overall continuity of the silica network; the residue maintained the original cylindrical pore structure of the scaffolds, though slightly shrunk. Atomic force microscopy topography measurements of these pyrolysed residues revealed a silica structure with particle aggregates having sizes around tens of nanometers. The silica distribution was assessed by X‐ray microanalysis mapping, showing homogeneity at a micrometer scale. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 2008
- Subjects
ATOMIC force microscopy; X-ray microanalysis; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; POROSITY; SOL-gel processes
- Publication
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 2008, Vol 84B, Issue 2, p541
- ISSN
1552-4973
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jbm.b.30902